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Two killed following a Saturday morning shooting

Family and friends surrounded police tape in the 800 block of West Evelyn Avenue Saturday morning while they waited to learn if their loved one was killed in a shooting.

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Updated: 11:54 PM EDT Oct 24, 2015

Two killed following a Saturday morning shooting

Family and friends surrounded police tape in the 800 block of West Evelyn Avenue Saturday morning while they waited to learn if their loved one was killed in a shooting.

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Updated: 11:54 PM EDT Oct 24, 2015

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WEBVTT SHOOTING DEATHS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. GOOD EVENING, I'M STEVE BURGIN. IT' WEEKEND AS HOMICIDE CASES CONTINUE TO PILE UP FOR METRO POLICE. WLKY'S ANNA-LYSA GAYLE REPORTS TWO DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING NEAR CHURCHILL DOWNS. SHE'S LIVE AT METRO POLICE HEADQUARTERS. ANNA-LYSA: STEVE, WE ARE NOW LEARNING ONE OF THE VICTIMS KILLED WAS A 23-YEAR-OLD FATHER. HIS AUNT AND COUSIN RETURNED TO THE SCENE THIS AFTERNOON TO REMEMBER H WE WERE JUST WAITING AROUND TO SEE IF IT WAS TRUE. ANNA-LYSA: FAMILY AND FRIENDS SURROUNDED POLICE TAPE O EVELYN AVENUE ON SATURDAY MORNING, WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THEIR LOVED ONE WAS ONE OF TWO YOUNG MEN SHOT AROUND 12:30. WE ARE NOT CERTAIN WHAT LED UP TO THIS ALTERCATION. ANNA-LYSA: NEIGHBORS SAY ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS FOUN A , AND HE LATER DIED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. DANAIJA BECKHAM LATER LEARNED THAT HER COUSIN DEMOND RAMSEY DIED AT THE SCENE. HIS BODY WAS FOUND LYING IN THE STREET. MY HEART JUST STOPPED, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, CAUSE THAT'S LIKE MY FIRST COUSIN. I LOVE HIM TO DEATH. ANNA-LYSA: RAMSEY'S AUNT, WHO GOES BY "MS. T", FOUND OUT ABOUT HIS MU SHE REFLECTED IN THE SPOT WHERE SHATTERED GLASS NOW COVERS THE STREET. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAD TO KILL HIM. HIS MAMA, THAT'S HER ONLY CHILD , AND IT'S JUST LIKE, HARD FOR OUR FAMILY RIGHT NOW, AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP US IN THEIR PR ANNA-LYSA: ONE OF THE BULLETS FROM THE SHOOTING WENT T THIS WINDOW AND INTO THE HOME, WHERE STEPHANIE SIMS USUALLY BABYSITS HER EIGHT-MONTH-OLD NIECE WHILE HER BROTHER IS AWAY. THEIR LOVESEAT SITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, SO THAT'S USUALLY WHERE WE SIT, SO IT COULD'VE NOW THEIR DAUGHTER IS GETTING OLDER AND SHE HAS BEEN CRAWLING. IT'S JUST FRIGHTENING, BECAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. ANNA-LYSA: THE THOUGHT THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN IS WH HOPES DETECTIVES WILL SOON SOLVE THE CASE. THERE'S NO REASON IN THE WORLD YOU SHOULD TAKE SOMEBODY'S LIFE. ANNA-LYSA: STEVE, RAMSEY LEAVES BEHIND A SIX-YEAR-OLD SON. THE NAME OF THE SECOND VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.

Two killed following a Saturday morning shooting

Family and friends surrounded police tape in the 800 block of West Evelyn Avenue Saturday morning while they waited to learn if their loved one was killed in a shooting.